diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2argvdata/pool-netfs-auto.argv b/tests/storagepoolxml2argvdata/pool-netfs-auto.argv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..888a0161b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2argvdata/pool-netfs-auto.argv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mount localhost:/var/lib/libvirt/images /mnt
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2argvtest.c b/tests/storagepoolxml2argvtest.c
index 128fab2de6..bb9e880554 100644
--- a/tests/storagepoolxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2argvtest.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_FAIL("pool-iscsi");
     DO_TEST_FAIL("pool-iscsi-auth");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs");
+    DO_TEST("pool-netfs-auto");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs-gluster");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs-cifs");
     DO_TEST_FAIL("pool-scsi");
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-auto.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-auto.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7f7ce8168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-auto.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<pool type='netfs'>
+  <name>nfsimages</name>
+  <uuid>7641d5a8-af11-f730-a34e-0a7dfcede71f</uuid>
+  <capacity>0</capacity>
+  <allocation>0</allocation>
+  <available>0</available>
+  <source>
+    <host name='localhost'/>
+    <dir path='/var/lib/libvirt/images'/>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/mnt</path>
+    <permissions>
+      <mode>0700</mode>
+      <owner>0</owner>
+      <group>0</group>
+    </permissions>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-auto.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-auto.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a180ca521c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-auto.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<pool type='netfs'>
+  <name>nfsimages</name>
+  <uuid>7641d5a8-af11-f730-a34e-0a7dfcede71f</uuid>
+  <capacity unit='bytes'>0</capacity>
+  <allocation unit='bytes'>0</allocation>
+  <available unit='bytes'>0</available>
+  <source>
+    <host name='localhost'/>
+    <dir path='/var/lib/libvirt/images'/>
+    <format type='auto'/>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/mnt</path>
+    <permissions>
+      <mode>0700</mode>
+      <owner>0</owner>
+      <group>0</group>
+    </permissions>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
index 8230dc8ddc..707d09f5c2 100644
--- a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pool-iscsi");
     DO_TEST("pool-iscsi-auth");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs");
+    DO_TEST("pool-netfs-auto");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs-gluster");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs-cifs");
     DO_TEST("pool-scsi");